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Louis XV as a Young Man

(Italian (Venetian), 1675–1757)
Medium/TechniquePastel on paper
Dimensions45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession number65.2655
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPastels
Provenance1937, Galerie Paul Cailleux, Paris; September 22, 1937, sold by Cailleux to Forsyth Wickes (b. 1876 - d. 1964), New York, Newport, RI, and Boston [see note 1]; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 8, 1969)

NOTES:
[1] Letter from Marianne Roland Michel of the Galerie Paul Cailleux to Eric M. Zafran of the MFA (February 19, 1990), in the MFA curatorial file.
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